As the Sun Rose Over the Eastern Mountains: English Short

If you happen to already comprehend the 1st 1,000 phrases of English, this publication should be effortless so that you can read.
You can examine this booklet on your own. The tales discuss genuine lifestyles at the Tibetan Plateau. The content material is favourite. The corner starts off with a really brief tale. The tales progressively get longer. New vocabulary is repeated through the tales. This publication has workouts that will help you research English. There are workouts that can assist you be mindful new vocabulary, learn grammar, talk about the textual content, and percentage your principles by means of talking and
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One noon, the sky was clear and blue. The red sun hung in the blue sky. Dorji was cleaning the classroom floor. This was punishment from his teacher, because he had been absent from class. Dorji had been absent from class because he had much work to do at home. After his mother died, Dorji had to help the family. He needed to milk three cows, make milk tea and breakfast for his father, and take the family's sheep to the mountains. He needed to do all this every morning before school. So, he was often late for class and his teacher often punished him.

Who is Tsering? 9. What did Dorji's return home with one year after leaving? 10. Who did Pengmao yell at? 11. What did Dorji do during his second wedding? 12. What did Pengmao look like when Dorji arrived home? 13. What happened when Dorji realized his father was dead? 14. Who did Dorji see in the golden cage? 15. What hung on the wall of Dorji's first wife's house? 16. What did Dorji look like when he came home from the distant town? 17. Why did Dorji divorce his first wife? 18. Why was Dorji always late for school?

His father was somewhere else. Tsering put down his bag and looked around. He didn't know what to do. At this time, most villagers were chatting and drinking. Tsering guessed that his father was drinking liquor with someone. Drinking liquor was his father's hobby. Tsering sat by the gate. He looked carefully at the courtyard gate. As he looked at the courtyard gate, he hoped his mother would come home. Tsering did this almost every day. He really wanted his mother to come home. Then, he looked at the small fruit tree in the courtyard garden.